8:31 PM,
Oct. 11, 2013

Written by

Jan Corey Arnett

The headline, "Michigan nursing homes fail seniors" on the front page of the Sept. 29 Enquirer hit me as if I'd been knocked sprawling in gravel.

I was taken back to 2009, when, after trying to make it possible for our 92-year old mother to remain in her apartment after she lost the use of her legs to spinal stenosis-induced neuropathy, my sisters and I sought residential care for her. We visited foster homes, nursing homes and assisted living units, sought opinions and reviewed inspection/complaint records.

The director of one facility, part of a nationwide system of assisted living and ...